Equine Quotes

“Sometimes a wild horse needs to feel that his rider is just a little bit wilder.”
― Francesca Lia Block, Ruby

“Ah,steeds,steeds,what is steeds! Has the whirlwind a home in your manes? Is there a sensitive ear, alert as a flame, in your every fiber? Hearing the familiar song from above, all in one accord you strain your bronze chests and, hooves barely touching the ground, turn into straight lines cleaving the air, and all inspired by God it rushes on!”
― Nikolai V Gogol

“When you turn around, you'll see something I bet you've never seen before. If it takes your breath away, then you'll fit in nicely. If you don't feel anything, then maybe you don't belong here.”
― Veronica Randolph Batterson, Daniel's Esperanza

“And I learned this long ago, that sweet freedom can be found in the middle of a meadow, upon the back of a faithful mare. Careless and wild we both shall be, on our ride across familiar fields, with steps that blend into the earth below.”
― Erin Forbes

“A horse in a stall is safe, but that is not what horses are made for.”
― Tobey Pearl , Terror to the Wicked: America's First Trial by Jury That Ended a War and Helped to Form a Nation

“Stallions," Frank said, "they're fightin' over a girl. - DANIEL'S ESPERANZA”
― Veronica Randolph Batterson, Daniel's Esperanza

“He too was running off, but it was in the direction of the barn, and he was making a case for not being a jockey but a racing equine himself.”
― J.S. Mason, Whisky Hernandez

“As we hammer to shod the mule's hooves
With a succinct kick, the equine reproves.”
― R. N. Prasher

“Life is like a horse race. In a race, a lot of horses have a poor start, but win. It is not about how you start; it is about how you finish.”
― Tom Equels, The Horseman's Tale: A Novel

“Great horses, like great humans, are born into this world every day. Pete was that kind of a horse—great.”
― Tom Equels, The Horseman's Tale: A Novel